Raju Mahalingam, former creative head of Lyca Productions, has been appointed as secretary of the Rajini Makkal Mandram, a forum floated by Superstar Rajinikanth to launch his political party. Since the launch of the membership drive in January, ...

IIT-Madras is in the process of creating an India-specific cancer genome database aimed at early detection and development of better treatment strategy for the disease.The National Cancer Tissue Biobank (NCTB), a first of its kind community-based initiative ...

Likely to select from 3 shortlisted; follows Sanjeev Kaushik’s refusal to take the job if made to retire from IAS The government has begun the search for a new wholetime member (WTM) at the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), after appointed candidate Sanjeev Kaushik refused to join on deputation. Sources say the appointment committee might not conduct the process all over again and would appoint among already shortlisted candidates. The government is likely to pick ...

The Income Tax Department of Bihar & Jharkhand region is likely to achieve a growth of 19 per cent in tax collection during the current fiscal as it has already successfully brought 3.25 lakh new assessees under its net.Out of the set target of 13,200 crore ...

Price Waterhouse banned from audit for 2 years. Sebi orders Rs 130.9-million disgorgement; audit firm says it is confident of getting order stayed The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) late on Wednesday banned Price Waterhouse (PW) from providing audit services to listed companies and market intermediaries for two years in the Satyam fraud case. Two PW partners have been banned for three years. The regulator also imposed a disgorgement of Rs 130.9 million on Price ...

City: Chennai A couple of days after announcing his foray into politics, actor Rajinikanth on Wednesday called on DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, dealing another blow to BJP which has been hoping to make inroads into Tamil Nadu politics pillion riding the ...

Markets regulator SEBI has ordered Suvidha Farming and Allied Ltd and its directors to complete by March the repayment of investors money that the firm had collected through illegal investment schemes. The company had raised Rs 28.22 crore from 2,69,905 ...

Industry players say they have learnt from the bitter experience of 2008 and have far better checks and balances in place to avoid an encore. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. Mutual fund (MF) executives have assuaged concerns over risk management systems in the Rs 23-lakh crore domestic asset management industry. Recently, senior officials of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had cautioned the sector, asking them to stay disciplined amid a gush of liquidity. Industry ...